Academy Awards Quotes
58 quotes by 55 authors
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Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it's known at my house, Passover.
— Bob Hope
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As you all know by now, this is the 51st annual Academy Awards. Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.
— Johnny Carson
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A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy…
— Mickey Rourke
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The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.
— Dustin Hoffman
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The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.
— George C. Scott
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Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
— Sally Kellerman
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The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went…
— Cuba Gooding, Jr.
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What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.
— Sally Field
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It’s also true that I might have never made Taxi Driver [1976] were it not for the success of Alice [Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 1974].…
— Martin Scorsese
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Naturally, I was thrilled but being the first year, the Academy Awards had no background or tradition, and it naturally didn’t mean what it does…
— Janet Gaynor
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If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.
— Annie Proulx
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Because they've either conveniently forgotten with time or they're trying to be supportive, most mothers won't tell you how hard pregnancy (and then childbirth) can…
— Jenny McCarthy
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For my second and third pictures I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me,
— Luise Rainer
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I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I…
— Pat Morita
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I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a nomination - that's…
— William Peter Blatty
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Payday at my house is like the Academy Awards. My wife says: May I have the envelope please.
— Henny Youngman
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My son was staying with me, and we got up to watch it, just before they announced supporting actress, he came up and put his…
— June Squibb
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Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than…
— Tatum O'Neal
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Men, you are about to embark on a great crusade to stamp out runaway decency in the west. Now you men will only be risking…
— Harvey Korman
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An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of,
— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
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